Cherry Trumpet

[aclawrence]

I recently acquired some wood that had been the structure for a smoke house a long time ago. I was actually thinking of using the wood to make pens to raise quail. There was a small piece laying there so I decided to cut the end off to see what it looked like. The guy said it was all poplar and oak. Well I got excited when I cut the end off because it was obviously a different wood species. I passed it over my jointer and through the planer and decided it was cherry. I'm not sure how much cherry is in the pile but this piece was a full dimension 2x4. I got to thinking and can't remember if I've seen any trumpets made out of cherry before. Post some pictures if you've got one.





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[Notsoyoungturk]

I don't think I have ever seen a cherry trumpet but I bet somebody on the forum has one.  That is some very interesting wood and I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

[Yoder409]

Cherry should make a fine trumpet.

[Toddmann]

I've made a few out of cherry and the sounded great. That's a really nice beam of cherry!


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[Tarheel]

Several years ago, the landowner of the property I turkey hunt cut down a cherry tree that had a
massive burl, and he gave the burl to me to make turkey calls. I had approximately 20 trumpet yelper blanks stabilized, and I've made 7-8 trumpet yelpers from the stabilized blanks. Cherry burl is one of my favorite woods to make trumpet yelpers.

[aclawrence]

Several years ago, the landowner of the property I turkey hunt cut down a cherry tree that had a
massive burl, and he gave the burl to me to make turkey calls. I had approximately 20 trumpet yelper blanks stabilized, and I've made 7-8 trumpet yelpers from the stabilized blanks. Cherry burl is one of my favorite woods to make trumpet yelpers.

I'm sure those are some pretty yelpers.


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[Tarheel]

This is a black cherry burl trumpet yelper I made from the burl my landowner friend gave me. This is probably the call I will hunt this spring turkey season.  To my mind, the color and figure of black cherry has a great deal of eye appeal. It may not be as flashy as some other woods, but I like it.

[crow]

Very nice, sweet looking trumpet

[aclawrence]

That looks great TarHeel. I also like the way  Cherry smells.


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[FULLCHOKE1100]

My late granddad was born and raised in Kentucky.  On his old homestead he had a cherry that he and his dad cut down in the 50s. The tree was planted on the homestead in the late 1800's by his granddad. He and his dad milled and saved the wood and made a decent bit of stuff out of it.  He passed away in 2016 and I was given what remained of his wood stash.  I had these made recently, boxes for both my brother and I, and a trumpet for myself.  The wood is beautiful and both calls are players.

I've only had the calls for a few years, and I refuse to get first blood on them anywhere else besides Kentucky.  I'm determined to make the cherry calls first blood on the same river drainage where he grew up farming.  The first picture is the exact location where the cherry tree was when he cut it.  I had to do a lot of digging online and sifting through old deeds, surveys, photos, and property records, but I'm 100% certain it's where their old farmhouse used to be.  I knocked on the door of the house across the street, and told my reason for being there, and the current landowner was generous and offered me to hunt the old farmstead, but there's just no birds there.  The past two trips I've had really great hunts nearby, but I just can't seal the deal. Life's been busy and I've only been able to go for a two, two and a half days at a time and just when I have them figured out, it's time to head back home.  Maybe it will happen this year.

[EZ]

My late granddad was born and raised in Kentucky.  On his old homestead he had a cherry that he and his dad cut down in the 50s. The tree was planted on the homestead in the late 1800's by his granddad. He and his dad milled and saved the wood and made a decent bit of stuff out of it.  He passed away in 2016 and I was given what remained of his wood stash.  I had these made recently, boxes for both my brother and I, and a trumpet for myself.  The wood is beautiful and both calls are players.

I've only had the calls for a few years, and I refuse to get first blood on them anywhere else besides Kentucky.  I'm determined to make the cherry calls first blood on the same river drainage where he grew up farming.  The first picture is the exact location where the cherry tree was when he cut it.  I had to do a lot of digging online and sifting through old deeds, surveys, photos, and property records, but I'm 100% certain it's where their old farmhouse used to be.  I knocked on the door of the house across the street, and told my reason for being there, and the current landowner was generous and offered me to hunt the old farmstead, but there's just no birds there.  The past two trips I've had really great hunts nearby, but I just can't seal the deal. Life's been busy and I've only been able to go for a two, two and a half days at a time and just when I have them figured out, it's time to head back home.  Maybe it will happen this year.

Really nice calls and a really cool story. I hope you can see it through!!!